Curtain-fixture.



PATENTED MAR. '7, 1905.

C. K. PIGKLES.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.29,19oa.

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UNITED STATES i Patented March 7, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLES K. PICKLES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 'IO JOHN A. BRILL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,427, dated March '7, 1905.

Application filed October 29. 1903. Serial No. 179.102.

way or similar cars, althoug'h the same may he employed in other relations; and it consists of the means for guiding and restraining the movement of the curtain and secured to the lower end `of the latter.

The objects of my invention and details of construction will appear hereinafter.

In the drawing's forming' part of this specilication, Fig'ure'l is a front view of part of a curtain with my improved g'uide. Fig'. 2 is a section on the line l0 IO of Fig'. I, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one end of the rod.

'Ihe object of my invention is to provide a curtain-rod having guiding shoes and arms thereon with a rod, and specifically at the lower end of the arms, to increase the efficiency of the g'uide-feet and to hold the end of the curtain so that it will entirely close the side opening' of the car. The rod also acts to protect the curtain-rod proper and serves as a protection against passengers hats, &c.,

'atching on the linger-pieces of the rod.

Referring' to Fig. 1 of the drawings, 1 represents a curtain, only partly shown, which is adapted to close the space between car-stanchions and to be guided thereon.`

Attached to the curtain, such as by the pocket 2., formed near the end of the curtain by means of a piece of material 3 sewed thereto, is the usual curtain-rod casing' 4, on each end of which are the g'uide-shocs 5. So far as my present invention is concerned, any desired gripping mechanism may be used in the casing' for engaging with the stanchions or cables. 'lhe foot 5, which has the vertical arms 6 and 7, is provided at the end of one or both of the arms (and I prefer the lower arm at least) with a socket 8 to receive a cross-rod 9, which is secured therein on the feet at each end of the curtain-rod, preferably by screwthreads.

The rod 9 engages with the lower end of the curtain, and for this purpose itmay be passed through the hem l() of the curtain. The curtain may be cut away at 11, as is customary, to give room for the finger-pieces of the rod.

This construction not only keeps the guidefeet parallel, but carries the end of thc curtain to the extreme of the side opening of the car and protects the finger-pieces.

Having' described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A curtain attachment having guidingshoes, vertical g'uide-arms on said shoes, and a rod connected to the ends of said guide-arms.

2. A curtain attachment for railway-cars or similar vehicles, having' guide-shoes on the ends thereof,vertical guide-arms on said shoes, and a cross member connecting the lower ends of said guide-arms.

3. In a curtain attachment, a casing, shoes to guide the same, guide-arms on said shoes having sockets, and a rod in said sockets, con'- necting the opposite arms of said shoes.

el. In a railway-car or similar vehicle. a curtain, a curtain attachment secured thereto, having shoes on the ends thereof, g'uide-arms on said shoes, a rod connected with the lower portion of said curtain, and connecting' the said guide-arms.

5. In a railway-car or similar vehicle, a curtain. a curtain attachment therefor, shoes to g'uide the same having downwardly-extending arms, a rod passing through a hem on the lower end of said curtain and connecting' the opposite ends of said guide-arms.

Signed in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, this '16th day of September, 1903.

CHARLES K. PICKLES.

IViti-iesses:

H. IWI. I-IEULINGs, Jr., TERRENCE MCCUSKEP.. 

